Fran Eye Magazine (July 2005)

Fear of a Brown Planet

Written and performed by Nile Séguin. July 8, 1:30pm; July 10, 6pm; July 11, 3pm.

Rwandan-French Canadian Nile Séguin has laughing audiences in the palm of his puppet-clad hand in this fractured journey through race relations and the perils of a racist entertainment industry. Séguin has comic ease with an audience and his artful handling of the crowd definitely earns the man some laurel leaves: coaching a demure Canadian audience to loudly spell out the word "nigger" takes some doing. But its dramtically obvious that Séguin is no dramaturge and this show lacks the structure and arc a play demands. Yet still delivers more laughs and entertainment than most comedy clubs.